The "have a look at this!" thread II

olias

Agree....Just looks like the place is suffering from a serious damp problem.

Olias

noodlepoopsie

This has been on the market for a while, pretty amazing, not very homely though! Remember seeing it ages ago, thought you lot would appreciate it!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34453598.html

Desperado99

As they say, I saw this on the BBC website and thought of you:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-19819288

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35989855.html

Darling Buds of May farmhouse up for sale.

StumpyPumpy

noodlepoopsie wrote: »

This has been on the market for a while, pretty amazing, not very homely though! Remember seeing it ages ago, thought you lot would appreciate it!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34453598.html

You would have thought that someone with "many years experience of design and craftsmanship" who had "produced an illustrated book, which provides details sketches and drawings showing the different stages, processes and ideas that went into the build" would have, at least, made sure that when showing floor plans on Rightmove they included minor details such where the kitchen and bathrooms are and how to get into bedroom 2.

Doesn't really inspire confidence about the care taken to build it in the first place!

Catti

noodlepoopsie wrote: »

This has been on the market for a while, pretty amazing, not very homely though! Remember seeing it ages ago, thought you lot would appreciate it!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34453598.html

And a classic photoshopped sky on views to front - then views to front (original)!!!!!

olias

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

You would have thought that someone with "many years experience of design and craftsmanship" who had "produced an illustrated book, which provides details sketches and drawings showing the different stages, processes and ideas that went into the build" would have, at least, made sure that when showing floor plans on Rightmove they included minor details such where the kitchen and bathrooms are and how to get into bedroom 2.

Doesn't really inspire confidence about the care taken to build it in the first place!

Price is £170k to £210k so I'm guessing the builder will finish the kitchen and bathroom etc to your spec depending on price. There are obviously unfinished bits as can be seen on the brickwork above the fireplace.

Kitchen is obviously at the back of the house ground floor behind the dining room and leading onto the courtyard garden, or the room behind the lounge on the first floor - maybe you have a choice? Bathroom is presumably the small room/area to the rear of the stairs on the second floor to share the pipe runs etc.

Personally it seems an absolute bargain to me - 3 bedrooms in a lovely looking conservation location within an hour or so of central london and with a trainline nearby for less than £200k!!!!!!!!! The only thing it doesn't have is parking, but thats available nearby according to google. Look an hour the other side of london and you wouldn't get a 1 bed starter rabbit hutch for that!

Olias

StumpyPumpy

olias wrote: »

Price is £170k to £210k so I'm guessing the builder will finish the kitchen and bathroom etc to your spec depending on price. There are obviously unfinished bits as can be seen on the brickwork above the fireplace.

Kitchen is obviously at the back of the house ground floor behind the dining room and leading onto the courtyard garden, or the room behind the lounge on the first floor - maybe you have a choice? Bathroom is presumably the small room/area to the rear of the stairs on the second floor to share the pipe runs etc.

Personally it seems an absolute bargain to me - 3 bedrooms in a lovely looking conservation location within an hour or so of central london and with a trainline nearby for less than £200k!!!!!!!!! The only thing it doesn't have is parking, but thats available nearby according to google. Look an hour the other side of london and you wouldn't get a 1 bed starter rabbit hutch for that!

Olias

Nope, it's finished: "I have been fortunate to express my creative side in the build and of course greatly relieved when the conservation officer approved the end result." It is just a very poor floor plan. Second floor has 2 bedrooms according to the description, so I'd say the room you think is the bathroom will be the second bedroom, or maybe you have a combined landing/bedroom. But who knows? I've always thought the idea of a floorplan was to cut out the guesswork.

It was listed originally (2/7/11) at £240k and is now down to £170k and still no one has bought it, I suspect the "from" tag is more desperation from the seller than anything else. There are plenty of houses within a couple of miles of this one below or around this one's price so I guess the market has decided...

im1dful

I'm guessing that it's another probate sale http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35661946.html impressive carpets though.

Does the final bullet point mean that the estate agent hasn't seen it all?

namecheck

Desperado99 wrote: »

As they say, I saw this on the BBC website and thought of you:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-19819288

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35989855.html

Darling Buds of May farmhouse up for sale.

And it doesn't seem to have changed at all (from the era that Darling Buds was set in).

Holsworth

jungle_jane wrote: »

This lot are going to need a lot of packing boxes when they move!!

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Holy crap that's terrifying.